For lunch: Spicy Garlic Mushroom Soup

V loves Indian food. He prefers it to all other cuisines. And unlike me, he is not too experimental with his food. Give him dal chawal(a rice and lentil Indian dish) 365 days of the year (366, in case its a leap year), he will be a satisfied customer.

So, when I decide to make something that would be defined “experimental” in his dictionary, I have to do a lot of planning. I have to mentally prepare him for it so that he is not caught by surprise. And if its a vegetable he doesn’t like, my task is made that much more difficult.

Now, V is not particularly crazy about mushrooms.

And if V is not particularly crazy about something, that thing will not get anywhere near him.

I, on the other hand, love mushrooms. And, alas, me being ‘the quintessential Indian wife’ (barf!) that I am, mushrooms don’t feature on our grocery list.

Well, 9 out of ten times they don’t.

But then, if V is a stubbron Taurean, I am an undaunting Capricorn. And I take things like these as challenges. As a result, there have been occasions in the past where I have tried to get him to eat mushrooms- the spinach & mushroom fettuccine and Mushroom Pesto Pizza being examples of the aforementioned occasions. And, since I am the one who cooks everything, he is left with no choice but to eat.

Either that or he has to go hungry.

Like I mentioned, I am the quintessential Indian wife.

So, when these baby bellas that had been lying in the refrigerator, were on the verge of going bad, I was made to test my undaunting nature once again.

So I set off with the planning yesterday. V was informed of my decision and obviously, was not too happy with it. But the diplomat Taurean tried his best to not show it. His bad luck! *Who told him to be so nice!*

The diplomatic, stubborn, picky Taurean husband: Hmmmm, at least now I know I can order mushroom soup next time we go out.

The Undaunting Quintessential Indian wife: (triumphant smile)

SPICY GARLIC MUSHROOM SOUP

The soup has some heat to it thanks to the dried red chilli pepper I used. The original recipe calls for drizzling some hot chile oil, but it had enough heat, so I skipped that part. I used baby bellas, but button mushrooms would do- that’s what the original recipe calls for. The color and flavor will change accordingly. I have used oregano here, since my garden is overflowing with it, but feel free to substitute it with thyme.

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18 Thoughts on “For lunch: Spicy Garlic Mushroom Soup”

I am glad you tried this out and even happier that it changed someone’s mind, for it did not change my husband’s views on mushrooms. He did not even try this out! well does not matter.. I love it and I love mushrooms.

This soup looks and sounds amazing, Shumalia! I think I’m going to make this on the first day of Fall! So warm and comforting, not to mention, gorgeous photos! BTW, loving the lotus root curry below! Another keeper!

I was looking for a good mushroom soup recipe and finally found this.
This is marvelous. My hubby also love it. I send the recipe to few friends and they also love it. This has become a regular meal in our days now.
Thank you very much for the wonderful recipe. If you know, please post the recipe of a tasty mix vegetable soup also.
Thanks.

So dear Undaunting Quintessential Indian wife, your V reminds me of my dad, who is an undaunting Indian husband. I loved the recipe btw. So making it as a surprise for my boyfriend tonight!Tua recently posted..That’s All He Said

I was craving for an easy at the same time delicious mushroom soup. I didn’t have butter and EVOO. So I substituted those with ghee and vegetable oil. Still the soup turned out to be great. My husband and I wiped it off. Thank you for sharing this recipe!